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Assault Suspect Climbs Up Building on Embarcadero, Halts Traffic (Update)

Update 4:10 p.m.: The suspect finally came down from the scaffolding and was taken away in handcuffs by an ambulance. At this point, traffic is still stopped. Update 3:35 p.m.: The suspect has been negotiating with officers, who have backed off a little. The man has climbed inside the scaffolding ... More >>

Off the Grid Returns to Front & Vallejo

In its continuing quest to take over the world (not that we mind), Off the Grid has re-opened its lunchtime market near Levi's Plaza after a five-month hiatus. We stopped by the food truck gathering at Vallejo and Front to check out the scene and get some grub. There were five trucks in all, and aft ... More >>

Cops to Hunt Down Wasted Drivers This Weekend

While you might have big plans to be on the prowl at your local bar this weekend, cops will be doing a little prowling of their own.On Saturday, police will hold a DUI checkpoint at Lombard and Divisadero streets, scanning cars and talking to driver to make sure they aren't hammered or stoned. And y ... More >>

Stranded Burglary Suspect to Cops: I Don't Want Any Help. Go Away.

(Update 11:11 a.m.): Per Lieutenant Liam Frost (above), the suspect is refusing to talk to cops -- but chattily answering their questions anyway. The suspect -- described by cops as a 5-foot-7, 170-pound white man in his 20s or 30s -- says he doesn't want any help, and would like police to leave. (U ... More >>

Stepping on the Past

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The Fourth of July Weekend DUI Count Is in

Our founding fathers would be disappointed. ​We knew that even when warned about DUI checkpoints, there's a good chance some would party too hard over the Fourth of July weekend and then foolishly get behind the wheel.And now we have statistics to back this up: Police report that 30 drivers were a ... More >>

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January 2011 Openings and Closures

John BirdsallSee JapaCurry.​Remember when January was the sleepiest month, the month that Christmas sweater with leather elbow patches was still in limbo in its box by the front door, as you took weeks to decide whether you'd keep it? The month when you slowly got back up to speed at work, cat ... More >>

Show Dogs Starts Breakfast, Another Mr. Pickle's, and Wok and Go

​ ​The past 72 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene. Both Eater and Grub Street report that Show Dogs has started serving breakfast sausages and creative hash browns. The new breakfast hours are 8-11 a.m. Monday through Friday, and when the me ... More >>

The Presidio Social Club's Tim Stookey Turns Back Time

Lou BustamanteThe Presidio Social Club's Tim Stookey.​ When I was growing up in the Bay Area, trips to San Francisco were defined by its sights and smells: the damp, cool, mineral scent that arrives with the fog; the menthol chill of the eucalyptus groves; and the sudden calm of stepping from nois ... More >>

Jonathan Kauffman Eats at Viva Goa, Wonders What 'Authentic' Means

Nilofer M./YelpViva Goa's malabari jinga.​Fuck authenticity, a word used ― in the context of food we approve of ― like Vaseline on memory's lens. When it's food we don't exactly like, it can be a cudgel. But what can ever be "authentic" about a cuisine re-created 5,000 miles from its sourc ... More >>

Papito Esta Abriendo, Viva Goa Lives!, Plum Ripens

​ ​The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene.At Inside Scoop, Paolo L. reports that Papito (317 Connecticut, 695-0147, www.papitosf.com) should finally open on Friday for dinner. And although Papito comes from Chez Papa owner Jocelyn Bu ... More >>

Remembering Zim's, the Bay Area's Unofficial Burger King

​As a young'un, we remember the Zimburgers and milkshakes at Zim's (1949-1995) as being the best salve to the fear of going to our pediatrician up the street. It's a sweeter memory than the derelict quality of the minichain's last standing restaurant on Van Ness in its final, 24-hour years. We ... More >>

Father's Day Kickoff to Presidio Social Club's Sunday Pig Roasts

mehunt/FlickrPig roasted in a Caja China.​Tucked between celebration-heavy Memorial Day and the Fourth of July, Father's Day ― a frail holiday to begin with ― can get a little lost in the shuffle. It's a shame, really. Where would we be without Pops, he who once delivered an 8 a.m. kitchen ... More >>

Fresh Eats for the week of May 19-25, 2010

Fresh Eats for the week of May 12-18, 2010

Pony Up for AIDS/LifeCycle, Score a Liverpool Lil's Cheeseburger

djmcaleese/FlickrThe old-school fave in the Presidio hosts a raffle next week.​AIDS/LifeCycle must have figured there's no juicier bait for donations than cheeseburgers. As a fundraiser for the group's S.F.-to-L.A. bike ride, old-school Liverpool Lil's is offering a cheeseburger coupon for pa ... More >>

Fresh Eats for the week of May 5-11, 2010

Luis Prieto, Just 21 Years Old, Killed in North Beach Hit-and-Run

View Larger Map The man killed by a car careening through North Beach after its driver and passenger allegedly fired off rounds near a strip club was identified by the city's Medical Examiner as 21-year-old San Franciscan Luis Prieto. Prieto was crossing the street at Vallejo and Columbus at around ... More >>

New Restaurants

New Restaurants

New Restaurants

Patxi's on Fillmore Slated to Open Next Tuesday

allentomdude/FlickrOh, sweet Jesus: A sausage, olive, and pepper deep dish from Patxi's in Hayes Valley.​More pizza news, hot off the wire: Back in May, Eater reported that Patxi's Chicago Pizza was expanding to three Bay Area locations (there's one in Palo Alto) with the opening of a new rest ... More >>

If it's Noon This Must be Vesuvio

By Matthew Stafford Last week I took it upon myself to show a visitor around San Francisco. The visitor in question, a New Zealander, was on the initial leg of a year-long circumnavigation of the globe, and as a native San Franciscan I wanted her to get home several months from now and say to herse ... More >>

The Year of Living Toxin-Free

How to start 2008 in a state of detoxification

Their Steak Stands Alone

Great meat outweighs the decor, discomfort, and dimness at Bobo's

A weekly listing of new restaurants around town

A weekly listing of new restaurants around town

A weekly listing of new restaurants around town

A weekly listing of new restaurants around town

A weekly listing of new restaurants around town

A weekly listing of new restaurants around town

A weekly listing of new restaurants around town

A weekly listing of new restaurants around town

A weekly listing of new restaurants around town

Christmas for in-betweeners at the Black Magic Voodoo Lounge

fresheats

A weekly listing of new restaurants around town

Fresh Eats

A weekly listing of new restaurants around town

Fresh Eats

A weekly listing of new restaurants around town

World Beat

Peña PachaMama

Safe Harbor

Attitude-free bars of the Marina

Five Best Offbeat Museums

Best Graveyard

Washington Square

Side Dish

Gone Fishin', Where's the Dancing Baby?, Paper Moon, and New Kids on the Block

One Potato, Two Potato

The More Things Change ... Comedy Central? The Leopard's the Spot I'll Take Greek for $100 I'll Make You an Offer ...

Puck's Kitchen